Describe and discuss the organisation of the Nervous System.

Describe and discuss the functions and properties of synapses, receptors and reflexes.

Describe and discuss somatic sensations and sensory tracts

Describe and discuss motor tracts, mechanism of action of maintenance of tone, control of body movements, posture and equilibrium and vestibular apparatus.

Describe and discuss the structure and function of the reticular activating system and automatic nervous system.

Describe and discuss the spinal cord, its functions, lesions and sensory disturbances.

Describe and discuss the function of the cerebral cortex, basal ganglia, thalamus, hypothalamus, cerebellum and limbic system and their abnormalities.

Describe and discuss behavioural and EEG characteristics of sleep, and the mechanism responsible for its production.

Describe and discuss the physiological basis of learning, memory and speech.

Describe and discuss chemical neurotransmission in the nervous system.

Describe and discuss the perception of taste and smell sensation.

Describe and discuss the functional anatomy of the ear and auditory pathway and physiology of hearing.

Describe and discuss the pathophysiology of deafness and describe hearing tests.

Describe and discuss functional anatomy of the eye, physiology of image formation, physiology of vision including colour vision, refractive errors, colour blindness, physiology of pupil and light reflex.

Describe and discuss the physiological basis of lesions in the visual pathway